Nudity - Boundaries for Babies?

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pagansanctuary ...What does Christianity really have to do with this scenario. We are talking about children and not Christian Pediphiles. I garantee there are no ""true Christian Pediphiles. They are just in your own prejudise little mind. Don't mix up what you feel is true for what is really real!

I bet dear old mom can't wait to see how little junior is hung at 18.

At my house as well! I hate to think that other people could be aloud to control how & what we to in our own homes. There is even a nude beach here & I take my children way way far down where no one else is, & they surf nude.play nude etc... Even to the point now my sister lets her 13month old go nude as well!!

In this hard day and age we live in there are monsters on the internet and just in your neighborhood, its sad really, but cover the children now a days its the only safety new we have to protect our youth, I may be cinical but truthful about your babies, 30 years ago it was awesome but now a days its just not safe for thier safety really am i crazy???

I agree... It's up to the owners of the home what goes on inside... But once outside, I think clothes should be worn... I actually wish we DID STILL live in a society where nudity was acceptable... but the fact is we just can't anymore, regardless of age... :/

I've had neighbors who let their young children (3-4 yrs) outside in public in the nude - boys and girls. In the privacy of the home, it's OK, but in public it's trashy.

I hope you are not nude in front of your child. It is not only unsanitary but it is just not right. Wow. Not a good way to raise you child if you are nude in front of him. Don't know about that.

As a Nudist, I think that one of the worst things that we can do is give children a negative opinion about the Human Body and teach them that their bodies are something dirty. We of course want to teach them early about bad touching and warn them of Pedophiles but we must also show them the beauty of their bodies and the freedom that full nudity brings.

What else goes on in your house, Nicola, when strangers aren't around? With no boundaries, that leaves a wide perimeter to the imagination.

If you are running around nude in front of your young sons and or daughters its considered a form of chid abuse under CPS guidelines,

People are born innocent as baby's, we only learn what is evil dirty or embarrassing from adults, Nudity at any age is ok only adult thinking makes it bad and mostly in the U.S.A. most other countrys don't have A problem with it.

I think thats awsome that your family doesnt have such an uptight view on clothing. i agreee that in front of company or at someone elses house you should be modest as to not make them feel uncomfortable. But i honestly think that people take clothing to seriously. I have a tendency to not care about wearing a shirt or even changing shorts in front of people,even my friends that are girls. but my dad freaks about it. haha i wasnt aware that shirts were manditory, especially considering i wasnt born with one on.

So, your front door is, what, hanging beads?

And if people are wandering through your patio, maybe you've got bigger issues than nudity. Have you considered putting up a sign, or a fence, or a rottweiler? Or using some blinds?

Home should be a safe place. Do they really need their first hangup already?

I'm not a granola-crunchy, everybody-get-nekkid sort of person. In fact, I run a fairly clothing-mandatory household. Still, teaching the kids that the only times their bodies can be uncovered is when they absolutely *must* be so you can get clean seems awfully hardcore. Is it really that you're trying to keep your kids safe, or do you maybe have some issues yourself with nudity?

I soo agree with you, but if I may add you also do not know what the hell kind of sicko may be looking for that cheap thrill!!! I know it sounds extreme to think this way , but your kids are the best things in your life and in this day and age you need to think of this.

Daisy,
I do not believe things are worse in regards to pedophiles.. I think we are more aware of it due to the media. Or maybe even "hyper-sensitive" to it because of the media. There have always been and will always be extremely sick people out there unfortunately. It's our jobs as parents to protect, protect, protect. (and I am speaking from the perspective of someone that was not protected as a child). As far as nudity, I think our children have a very short and limited time to feel the freedom of nudity and to be able to run around the house, free as a bird is wonderful. I agree that it's not okay if there are guests in the house, but to be able to run outside in the yard through sprinklers, and feel the warm ground under their bottoms is part of being a child! We shouldn't turn something like nudity in children into a shameful feeling. Let children be children.